Marriage on a Tightrope

Kattie and Allan discuss their experience at the Thrive Conference in SLC. A full day of growing, healing, and community. Kattie expected to be uncomfortable at a post-Mormon conference, but was pleasantly surprised at many of the positive experiences she had as well. Allan expected to feel right at home, but was surprised when he also experienced some difficult moments to go along with the positi...

Kattie and Allan take questions from listeners. Topics include: Alcohol, continuing church attendance, celebrating Christmas, saying a new type of prayer, and more. Subscribe to our Youtube Channel!   Support the mixed faith community and Marriage on a Tightrope by making a recurring donation at tightropemarriage.org

Dr. Julie de Azevedo Hanks joins Kattie and Allan for the second of two episodes. On this episode, she talks about the challenges of raising kids in a mixed faith marriage. Special attention is given to teenagers. For more information, check out this article on teaching Modesty   We also mentioned two of Julie’s great books! The Assertiveness Guide for Women   The Burnout Cure: An Emotio...

Jana Riess talks about the findings of her book “The Next Mormons: How Millennials are Changing the LDS Church”. Jana also discusses how mixed faith marriage plays into her research and shares some of her own mixed faith marriage story. We can’t recommend Jana’s book enough! Buy it here on Amazon . You can learn more at thenextmormons.org   Subscribe to our Youtube Channel!   Support the...

Dr. Julie de Azevedo Hanks joins Kattie and Allan for the first of two episodes. On this episode, she talks about communicating with family. What is the best way to tell your family that you or your spouse no longer believes? How much detail should you give? For more information, check out these two articles that Julie wrote on this very topic: Left the Church? 25 Things NOT to Say to a Believing...

Allan doesn’t want to watch General Conference. Kattie is feeling like an old tradition is slipping away. Life Coach Claudine Gallacher sits down with Allan and Kattie to discuss how they can handle the upcoming General Conference. Full disclosure: This was a difficult episode for Allan. Some episodes focus more on one side of the faith spectrum and this episode focused more on how Allan could sup...

Rachel and Bret Cooper tell their mixed faith marriage story. Subscribe to our Youtube Channel!   Support the mixed faith community and Marriage on a Tightrope by making a recurring donation at tightropemarriage.org

David Ostler joins the podcast to discuss his new book “Bridges: Ministering to Those Who Question” The book can be found on Amazon, Deseret Book, Kofford Books, and at bridgeslds.com David also helps run a Facebook group for parents of children who have left the church. Go to the Marriage on a Tightrope Facebook group if you’d like a chance to win 1 of 5 signed copies of Bridges. Subscribe to our...

How should a mixed faith couple handle blessing their children? Kattie and Allan share their experience blessing their children before school got back in session. Subscribe to our Youtube Channel!   Support the mixed faith community and Marriage on a Tightrope by making a recurring donation at tightropemarriage.org

Allan heads back to church to see how it feels after an 8 month absence. Kattie and Allan are joined by the kids for a conversation about how church went and we hear from each member of the Mount family. This is the 7th in a series of episodes that will explore what it is like to attend church on Sunday as a non-believer and as a spouse of a non-believer. Matt and Lindsay Kjar are also sharing the...

Lindsay Kjar goes back to church for the first time in months. What was her experience like? How was it for her believing husband Matt? This is part of a series of episodes that will explore what it is like to attend church on Sunday as a non-believer and as a spouse of a non-believer. Allan and Kattie will also be sharing their experiences with Allan going back to church. Those episodes will be r...

Allan heads back to church to see how it feels after an 8 month absence. Kattie and Allan are joined by the kids for a conversation about how church went and we hear from each member of the Mount family. This is the 5th in a series of episodes that will explore what it is like to attend church on Sunday as a non-believer and as a spouse of a non-believer. Matt and Lindsay Kjar are also sharing the...

Allan heads back to church to see how it feels after an 8 month absence. Kattie and Allan are joined by the kids for a conversation about how church went and we hear from each member of the Mount family. This is the 3rd in a series of episodes that will explore what it is like to attend church on Sunday as a non-believer and as a spouse of a non-believer. Matt and Lindsay Kjar are also sharing the...

Lindsay Kjar goes back to church for the first time in months. What was her experience like? How was it for her believing husband Matt? This is part of a series of episodes that will explore what it is like to attend church on Sunday as a non-believer and as a spouse of a non-believer. Allan and Kattie will also be sharing their experiences with Allan going back to church. Those episodes will be r...

Lindsay Kjar goes back to church for the first time in months. What was her experience like? How was it for her believing husband Matt? This is part of a series of episodes that will explore what it is like to attend church on Sunday as a non-believer and as a spouse of a non-believer. Allan and Kattie will also be sharing their experiences with Allan going back to church. Those episodes will be r...

Allan heads back to church to see how it feels after an 8 month absence. Kattie and Allan are joined by the kids for a conversation about how church went and we hear from each member of the Mount family. This is the first in a series of episodes that will explore what it is like to attend church on Sunday as a non-believer and as a spouse of a non-believer. Matt and Lindsay Kjar will also be shari...

Kattie reads a journal entry from January 1st 2018, two weeks before she and Allan recorded their first episode. She talks about how things have changed for the better since those dark days. Subscribe to our Youtube Channel!   Support the mixed faith community and Marriage on a Tightrope by making a recurring donation at tightropemarriage.org

Soon after the first episode of Marriage on a Tightrope released in January 2018, Allan and Kattie went to dinner with their very first couples. Justin and Polly Brown were one of those couples! Enjoy learning Justin and Polly’s story in this face to face interview. Subscribe to our Youtube Channel!   Support the mixed faith community and Marriage on a Tightrope by making a recurring donation...

Allan and Kattie were guests on Richard Ostler’s Listen, Learn, Love podcast. Listen, Learn, Love largely focuses on LGBTQ issues, but Richard also likes taking on faith crisis, mixed faith marriage, and other difficult topics. He is a faithful member of the church and is a wonderful example of a LGBTQ ally. If you are familiar with the basic timeline of Allan and Kattie’s story, skip to around th...

Natasha Helfer Parker is a certified Marriage and Family Therapist and Sex Therapist. She sits down for a chat with Kattie and Allan to discussed mixed faith marriage tips and sex therapy. You can check out some of the many projects Natasha is working on below! Transitioning Mormon Cruise w/Natasha!   Symmetry Sols   Mormon Faith Crisis   Mormon Sex   Mormon Mental Health &nbsp...

Merry and David Gravett sit down to share their story. Subscribe to our Youtube Channel! Support the mixed faith community and Marriage on a Tightrope by making a recurring donation at tightropemarriage.org

Kattie gives 6 tips she has found helpful in supporting Allan in his transition. Subscribe to our Youtube Channel!   Support the mixed faith community and Marriage on a Tightrope by making a recurring donation at tightropemarriage.org

Allan speaks to the spouse in his position about 6 tips for supporting your believing spouse. Kattie will do a similar episode for the spouses in her position. Subscribe to our Youtube Channel!   Support the mixed faith community and Marriage on a Tightrope by making a recurring donation at tightropemarriage.org

Kattie and Allan are joined by their 12 year old son Jackson. They have an open conversation with Jackson about what the last few years have been like to see his Dad leave the church. Has it been hard? Did he struggle with his Dad not ordaining him to the priesthood? Kattie and Allan ask Jackson questions they have never discussed with him before. The hope here is that listeners that aren’t sure h...

Matt and Tricia Harward tell their story as a mixed faith couple. Tricia stepped away from the church in 2018. Both are moderators of the Mormon Mixed Faith Marriage facebook group and have great insights in this crazy mixed faith world we live in! Subscribe to our Youtube Channel!   Support the mixed faith community and Marriage on a Tightrope by making a recurring donation at tightropemarri...